International Level: International Guru / Political Participation: 1089 100%
Christchurch quake: latest info
7.37am: Rescuers are continuing to hear cries from within the rubble in Christchurch. Ref. Source 6
Two Irish killed in New Zealand quake
Local Ireland News
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that two Irish people were among those who died in yesterday's New Zealand earthquake.
Source: RTÉ News
Australian rescued from quake debris
Local Australia News
An Australian office worker who became trapped beneath her desk in an office building extensively damaged in Christchurch's 6.3-magnitude earthquake is recovering in hospital.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines
Up to 120 trapped in N.Z. Building where Japanese were studying
Local Japanese News In English
As many as 120 people remain trapped in a building in earthquake-devastated Christchurch on Thursday where more than a dozen Japanese students were studying when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the city on New Zealand's south island Tuesday.
An urban search and rescue team from Japan has already joined other rescue workers to dig through debris at the CanterburyTV building that also housed the King's Education Ltd. Language school where many Japanese and other international students were studying.
Overnight Wednesday, four bodies were pulled from the rubble of the regional television building. (AP)
Source: Source
There has been some tragic stories in this last earthquake. Siblings dying while holding hands, mothers losing their babies to falling rubble, people trapped for days and on and on.
International Level: International Guru / Political Participation: 3231 100%